The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale (EHSCS)

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The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale (EHSCS)

The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale (EHSCS)The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale (EHSCS)The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale (EHSCS)
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Meet the Team

The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale was developed by members of the British Association of Dermatologists Lexicon Group (DLG). This group was set up to improve how skin is described by researchers and healthcare professionals. The members of the DLG are shown below:

Dr Ophelia E. Dadzie BSc (Hons), MBBS, FRCP, DipRCPath (Dermpath), MSc (Genomic Medicine)

Dr Dadzie is a Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist working at the  Department of Dermatology, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS  Foundation Trust 

Dr Dadzie has a long-standing expertise in cutaneous diversity. 

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Other Affiliations: Founder and Director of London Ethnic Skin Limited (also includes Trading Names  Eumel and Mia Pelle)

 

Dr Damilola Fajuyigbe, Ph.D, BCMAS

Dr Fajuyigbe  is the Regional Head Scientific Engagement MEA at Philip Morris International. 

Dr Fajuyigbe has over 10 years of experience in advanced scientific research.

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Professor Nina G. Jablonski Ph.D

 Professor  Jablonski is the Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor, Emerita, at The Pennsylvania State University. Professor Jablonski is an anthropologist and palaeobiologist,  known for her research into the evolution of skin colour in humans. She is engaged in public education about human evolution, human diversity, and racism. In 2021, she was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and in 2009, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. She is an Evan Pugh University Professor at The Pennsylvania State University , and the author of the books Skin: A Natural History, Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color, and the co-author (with Sindiwe Magona and Lynn Fellman) of Skin We Are In.

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Dr Antoine Petit

Dr Petit is now retired, having previously been a senior Dermatologist at  Service de Dermatologie, APHP Hopital Saint Louis, Paris France. Dr Petit has extensive experience in cutaneous diversity, having >30 years experience clinically managing dermatoses in people of African and/or Afro-Caribbean descent.

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Professor Rick A. Sturm

 Professor Sturm is a Principal Research Fellow at the The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine and an Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science.

Professor Sturm is a world leading expert in the field of  human pigmentation genetics.

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Dr George Yu, PhD

  Dr. George Yu is the founder and CEO of Variable, Inc and an entrepreneur with a passion for sensing technologies. In 2012, he founded his company, Variable, Inc, and created the NODE Bluetooth sensor platform allowing interchangeable sensor modules to work wirelessly with smartphones. He completed his PhD in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech in 2008.  

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Acknowledgements

Miss Vithika Lingeswaran provided administrative support to the Dermatological  Lexicon Group, for which we are all very grateful.


Members of the DLG are also grateful to the individuals listed below for their valuable intellectual contribution to this work:

  • Mr Christian Dietz, Managing Director RIG / Director of Technology Rhopoint Instruments Ltd
  • Professor Denise Solomon (Professor and Head of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State, PA, USA) 
  • Professor Cynthia Young (Professor of History and African American studies, Penn State, PA, USA)
  • Dr Georgia Ennis (Anthropological Linguist and Visiting Fellow of the Center for Humanities and Information, Penn State, PA, USA)
  • Dr Adedeji Majekodunmi

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